The $50 Gift Card My Grandma Left Me Wasn’t What It Seemed

” he began carefully, “was Eleanor Hayes, wasn’t she?”

I blinked. “Yes.”

He exhaled slowly, almost reverently. “We’ve been wondering when this card would resurface.”

I stared at him, confused.

He folded his hands. “About twelve years ago, your grandmother began purchasing gift cards from this store. Large batches. Sometimes ten at a time.”

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